OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18900, 30 December 1935, Page 6

OBITUARY

AIRS. W. G. P.I3KTS \ resident of lhe. loverly Bay ‘listrid An- over 50 years, Airs Clara Ivllen Beets, .Vift* of the late Mr. William Cieorge i’.eds, nl Gisborne, iheil at the home m son . Ml. A. (1. Heels. (Hailstone mail, ,a Saturday aflernooii The late Airs. Heels, who had been ad ; mi for some lime, was horn about bo ,ears ago in Kent. Jn company with ,ier husband and two children, she travelout lo New Zealand in the sailing din Derar. arriving at Auekland on Miiitemher 3. 1873. In all. 308 nnnurants travelled mil in (ho Derar, m muling 108 children. Mr. and Mrs. Meets "spent about two weeks in Auckand and then came lo this district, selling at Makaraka. Mr. Heels subsenienlly farmed lor a lime at l’atufahi ,ml it was on their property that the ,'alutahi i.piaiTV was. opened up. In 4 U ' U alter years, Mr. and Mrs. Heels return* (1 tu Makaraka and lived there practic.ll v in retirement. The large gathering of local residents A the funeral yesterday testified to tlu* lii'h esteem in which this pioneer was idd. Prior to the funeral a short scr- , ice was conducted at Cochrane’s private :iiapel, the interment subsequently takug place at Turuheru cemetery. Mrs. Heels was predeceased by her ausband some years ago. She is sur- . ived by three sons, Air. AA. 11. Beds, toko, Air. A. G. Heels. Gisborne ami Air. G. R.. Beets, Makaraka, and one 'laughter. Airs. A. H. Dunstan, Gisborne, -the' leaves also a number ol grand- ■ liilclren and several great-grandchildren.